19 inches of rain expected to dump on northwestern California this week

Kristin Hanes

Updated 4:50 am, Thursday, October 13, 2016

A seasonally stronger than normal storm remains on track to arrive across the Bay Area by the weekend

Media: KTVU

The same storm that's expected to dump 1 inch of rain on San Francisco later this week is going to really let loose in Northwestern California. Over 19 inches of rain could fill empty river and stream beds and head toward the Shasta, Whiskeytown and Trinity reservoirs, which need the water.

19 inches of rain expected to dump on northwestern California this week

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Jan Null, a meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services, says this moisture is a result of the Pacific storm Typhoon Songda. He says while this amount of rain is unusual for October, it's really not that unusual for that part of California.

"Because of the northern coast and the Cascades, they naturally get more rain. They average 150 inches of rain per year. That's 8 times more than San Francisco," Null said.